Glenroy Sinclair, Staff Reporter
Senior Superintendent of Police, Donald Pusey (left) of the Special Anti-Crime Task Force talks to his men before they embark on patrol of various sections of the Corporate Area yesterday. - RUDOLPH BROWN/CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
WHILE HUNDREDS of Jamaicans were busy battening down for Hurricane Dennis yesterday, scores of police personnel were on high alert in Portland, getting ready to evacuate the dilapidated police stations in the parish, as the hurricane moved closer to land.
"We are monitoring the situation and in the event things get worse, we will relocate the police," said Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, who spoke with The Gleaner yesterday.
Hope Bay, Mill Bank and Orange Bay are among the worse police stations in the parish of Portland. The Police Federation has been calling on the Government for the longest while to address the matter.
SPECIAL COMMAND POST
In preparation for the hurricane, the Police High Command yesterday set up a special command post at the commissioner's office. Senior Superintendent Elan Powell, who was assisting with the manning of the telephone lines said the police were out in full force, especially on the streets of St. Mary and St. Ann, two of the parishes expected to have been hard hit.
At the Special Anti Crime Task Force (SACTF) headquarters on Ruthven Road, Kingston, Senior Superintendent Donald Pusey was observed briefing his team before dispatching to various parts of the Corporate Area.
Head of the Community Relations Division, Acting Assistant Commissioner Leon Rose, was making sure that the welfare of the policemen and women, working in the hurricane, was taken care of.
